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secretary napolitano will be here. -- tomorrow. the panelists will have one week to answer your questions in writing, long before we go to mark up in early may. with that, the hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] janet napolitano testifies before the senate judiciary committee today at 9:30 a.m.. here on c-span. today, richard corddray to testify as before the senate banking committee. he will deliver his semi-annual report to congress and operations at the bureau. see it live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on cspan 3. coming crop on the next "washington journal" the american civil liberties union will discuss the legal definition and history of the term "enemy combatant." examines thee military court martial system which prosecutes about 5000 members annually. atshington journal" live 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. meant to help a visitor re-live first eight years of the 21st century. the museum explains the dec
secretary napolitano will be here. -- tomorrow. the panelists will have one week to answer your questions in writing, long before we go to mark up in early may. with that, the hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] janet napolitano testifies before the senate judiciary committee today at 9:30 a.m.. here on c-span. today, richard corddray to testify as before the senate...
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secretary napolitano will be here. onepanelists will have week to answer your questions in writing, long before we go to mark up in early may. with that, the hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> the committee has announced another hearing on an immigration bill tomorrow. we will have better life for you in the morning starting at 9:30 eastern on c-span. we have lots more on the subject www.c-e for you at span.org. david leopold. he admits he has not read the entire immigration bill. his opening statement makes that clear. this atrociouso, immigration bill. we welcome your comments and tweets. >> always evolving. for the financial services sector, most recently we had the denial of service which is a way of flooding a network with information requests that cause a slow down or stoppage of service. cyber criminals are after money. >> there have been attacks on the system and have been well- publicized. it is confidential
secretary napolitano will be here. onepanelists will have week to answer your questions in writing, long before we go to mark up in early may. with that, the hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> the committee has announced another hearing on an immigration bill tomorrow. we will have better life for you in the morning starting at 9:30 eastern on c-span. we have lots more on the subject...
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homeland can see security secretary janet napolitano. caller: what are they going to do about the people that are getting welfare and benefits? how is that going to work? host: question for homeland security secretary janet napolitano. we'll take you there now. it is expected to start in just a moment. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> good morning, everybody. on a tighte schedule. the secretary has to testify later today for appropriations. fornt to commend you working so hard on the coordinated national security effort in boston. the middle of the night, early morning briefings on what has happened and the way your department, local and state police, the fbi work together is a model for the rest of the world and how quickly everybody was able to move. and theiot day bombing successful capture of the remaining suspect is why you were not here that day. i well understood what your schedule look like and it was time for you to be in the command post. a numbe
homeland can see security secretary janet napolitano. caller: what are they going to do about the people that are getting welfare and benefits? how is that going to work? host: question for homeland security secretary janet napolitano. we'll take you there now. it is expected to start in just a moment. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> good morning, everybody. on a tighte schedule. the secretary has to...
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we are arranging another day for secretary napolitano. i think the two witnesses who came here to rearrange their schedules on short notice. appreciate it. it is what makes the committee work. i would also note for the record that as you go back over your notes on what to do and to any of your answers, i will keep the record open for that. we're not playing a game of -- we are just trying to have the best possible record. i thank both parties for being here. we stand in recess until the call the chair. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> arizona senator john mccain and lindsey graham of south carolina have released a statement on the importance of immigration reform to america's national security. it said, in the wake of the terrorist attack in boston, some have suggested the circumstances of this tragedy are justifications for delaying or stopping entirely comprehensive immigration reform. the opposite is true. the immigration reform will strengthen our natio
we are arranging another day for secretary napolitano. i think the two witnesses who came here to rearrange their schedules on short notice. appreciate it. it is what makes the committee work. i would also note for the record that as you go back over your notes on what to do and to any of your answers, i will keep the record open for that. we're not playing a game of -- we are just trying to have the best possible record. i thank both parties for being here. we stand in recess until the call...
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secretary napolitano was set to testify but canceled. she's participating in a briefing at the white house on the investigation and into the boston bombings. this is live coverage on c-span. counting on a substantial increase in the number and quality. --appeared to me >> what would you say this? we will have immigration. the question is will it be lawful and will it serve the national interest? i think you would agree with that. i think that we need to talk more about the issue you are raising. there are people out there today, young men and others in particular that need to be working today that cannot find work. the jobs and work they get need to be at a decent wage. they need to have an opportunity for some sort of retirement or maybe a vacation or maybe a health care plan they can operate on. you are correct that we are not providing that today. there's a real social danger happening in america from that the unemployment. >> senator, i think that the question is who benefits ? i'm not sure. i would like to take my time in going thro
secretary napolitano was set to testify but canceled. she's participating in a briefing at the white house on the investigation and into the boston bombings. this is live coverage on c-span. counting on a substantial increase in the number and quality. --appeared to me >> what would you say this? we will have immigration. the question is will it be lawful and will it serve the national interest? i think you would agree with that. i think that we need to talk more about the issue you are...
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immigration ts fed a lawsuitinst secretary napolitano and i.c.e. director because both have refused to enthe immigration laws enacted by congress. d.h.s. and i.c.e. do not arrest with the specific intent to misleading the american public with enforcement of the illegal immigration in our country. i.c.e. claims they have deported more illegal aliens than any time in history is false. i.c.e. claims they that it has led to more deportation of criminal aliens is false. i.c.e. claims that the border is more secure, likewise are false. at an alarming rate i.c.e. and deportation numbers have plummeted since 2008. clear evidence that interior enforcement in large part has been shut down in the last four years. it is an attempt to conceal i.c.e.'s plummeting arrests and deportation statistics, massive amounts of arrests are being transported to i.c.e. to boost their statistic call data. immigrant rights group work with i.c.e. and d.h.s. and dictate the law enforcement policies welcome back the agencies, not the united states congress. under the obama admini
immigration ts fed a lawsuitinst secretary napolitano and i.c.e. director because both have refused to enthe immigration laws enacted by congress. d.h.s. and i.c.e. do not arrest with the specific intent to misleading the american public with enforcement of the illegal immigration in our country. i.c.e. claims they have deported more illegal aliens than any time in history is false. i.c.e. claims they that it has led to more deportation of criminal aliens is false. i.c.e. claims that the border...
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. >> janet napolitano and on the immigration bill proposed by a bipartisan group of senators. discussionhours, a of the decision not to treat the boston marathon bombing suspect as an enemy combatants. after that, a hearing on the constitutionality of using drones to target terror suspects overseas. look at herto vision as a partner. there were several first ladies who considered themselves to be partners. not that they were trying to tell them what to do, but to help advise them, to help take care of them, whether mentally or physically. i think she was a very significant influence on her husband. >> she is a tragic figure. part of the tragedy is the partnership which did helped contribute to his becoming president, in many ways, was destroyed by the war. the presidency they have worked together to achieve. >> our conversation about mary todd lincoln is now available on our website. monday for next program. janet napolitano testified on capitol hill today on the immigration bill proposed by a bipartisan group of senators. she was before the senate judiciary committee for abou
. >> janet napolitano and on the immigration bill proposed by a bipartisan group of senators. discussionhours, a of the decision not to treat the boston marathon bombing suspect as an enemy combatants. after that, a hearing on the constitutionality of using drones to target terror suspects overseas. look at herto vision as a partner. there were several first ladies who considered themselves to be partners. not that they were trying to tell them what to do, but to help advise them, to help...
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also from "fox news" this morning -- hear from homeland security secretary janet napolitano, her statement on the boston bombings -- that is the homeland security secretary. of senate marked a moment silence is today in their chamber. house speaker john boehner marked a moment of silence as well. we are going to show you this picture -- here is the president getting briefed yesterday by the fbi director at the white house about what had happened. in annapolis, a republican caller, go ahead. response am calling in to the call blaming everything on iraq. i came to america in 1975. i was surprised at how little americans knew about national terrorism until september 11. iraq was in response to creeping terrorism for many years before september 11, 2001. this is going to keep going if -- not blaming things on on the root cause but on terrorism. terrorism has been going on for many years before iraq. i rack was our response to terrorism. -- iraq was our response to terrorism. host: what you think of this opinion in "usa today" this --ning, the right to this they write this -- caller: i agree. b
also from "fox news" this morning -- hear from homeland security secretary janet napolitano, her statement on the boston bombings -- that is the homeland security secretary. of senate marked a moment silence is today in their chamber. house speaker john boehner marked a moment of silence as well. we are going to show you this picture -- here is the president getting briefed yesterday by the fbi director at the white house about what had happened. in annapolis, a republican caller, go...
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secretary janet napolitano from homeland security will testify before the committee. she willbay talk about border security, how to come up with a strategy for making sure we are securing our southern border there's also going to be two economists talking today. douglas holtz-eakin, former director of the congressional budget office. and another economist named peter, who is on the u.s. civil rights commission. they will testify about how illegal immigration can affect the u.s. economy. a hearing on friday. then on monday a second hearing. after that we have to see how the process unfolds. especially republicans on the judiciary committee are calling for more than the currently scheduled hearings. probably sometime in early may we will move to the markup process which is where the senators on the judiciary committee can begin offering amendments and releasing how they want to continue to shape the bill. we hope it gets passed out of committee and go to the senate floor. host: rebekah kaplan of the national journal. wilmington, north carolina, kathleen is on our democr
secretary janet napolitano from homeland security will testify before the committee. she willbay talk about border security, how to come up with a strategy for making sure we are securing our southern border there's also going to be two economists talking today. douglas holtz-eakin, former director of the congressional budget office. and another economist named peter, who is on the u.s. civil rights commission. they will testify about how illegal immigration can affect the u.s. economy. a...
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we will find the time for secretary napolitano to come before the committee, i've already discussed that. i hope these will give the public an opportunity to learn about it. certainly, every one of us, unless we want to say we don't know how to read, every one of us will have plenty of time to analyze this bill before we actually start marking it up in may. but just remember, immigration has been an ongoing source of our spirit, creative ty, and also our economic strain. the young students brought to this country by their loving parents to give them a loving life. the hard working men and women, our farmers, innovating technology, creating business of their own. our nation continues to benefit from immigrants as it did when my wife's parents came here. we need to uphold the fundamentals values of hard work nd families. we need to trade with our friends in that wonderful country of canada. farmers and growers become part of the families that have woven into the vermont culture and community. now the dysfunction of the system affects all of us. ow it is time to fix it. we have to act. we c
we will find the time for secretary napolitano to come before the committee, i've already discussed that. i hope these will give the public an opportunity to learn about it. certainly, every one of us, unless we want to say we don't know how to read, every one of us will have plenty of time to analyze this bill before we actually start marking it up in may. but just remember, immigration has been an ongoing source of our spirit, creative ty, and also our economic strain. the young students...
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secretary to napolitano from earlier today. all of that hearing in our video library at c-span.org. we will take you to boston for a briefing from the fbi on the boston marathon bombing investigation. just ahead of that news conference, they announced they would release video and photographs of the investigation, so we will have live once it starts on c-span. the secretary, the the about the explosion at a fertilizer plant in the time of what -- in that town of west, texas, an explosion that killed 15 and injured as many as 160. >> i will begin with west, texas, as the more recent event, and give you the most current information that we have about the explosion, and of course, our sympathies and concerns go out to the families of those who have lost loved ones or who have had a loved one who has been injured. ghtthe faa has issued a temporary flight restriction over the area. the texas commission on environmental quality is providing air monitoring and technical assistance. the texas task force one has been alerted to provide structural collapse support. the union pacific railroad h
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janet napolitano says the legislation that was unveiled last week would require all u.s. passports to be electronically readable, potentially avoiding problems they saw when one of the bombing suspects left to go to russia and the fbi was not informed about him leaving the country. that's the new immigration bill, that it would solve that type of problem from occurring again. back to our topic for all of you. the internet sales tax. do you support or oppose it. we talked about the democrat from oregon who opposes the idea. here is what he had to say on the senate floor. [video clip] thatis is legislation enables one state to impose the enforcement of its laws on 39 other states and the territories without the approval of such states and territories. let me repeat that. it is . . it can be forced on these other states against their will and businesses can be audited by a myriad of out of state tax collectors and would be forced to defend themselves. coercion. without an effort to at least promotes some elements of a voluntaryness in this, a vote for the marketplace fairnes
janet napolitano says the legislation that was unveiled last week would require all u.s. passports to be electronically readable, potentially avoiding problems they saw when one of the bombing suspects left to go to russia and the fbi was not informed about him leaving the country. that's the new immigration bill, that it would solve that type of problem from occurring again. back to our topic for all of you. the internet sales tax. do you support or oppose it. we talked about the democrat from...
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center claire mccaskill from missouri pose that question to homeland security secretary janet napolitano. >> based on the evidence at this point, is there any difference between sandy hook and boston, other than the choice of weapons? in terms of intent for death and destruction and injury, no. methodology, guess. we don't know the motivation certainly behind boston. we don't know whether was domestic, international -- >> or if it was identical to the motivation in sandy hook. >> we just don't know the answer. i think it is impossible for me to sit at the table today and say they are identical, except in the effect of impact. >> as i look at the evidence that is available, you have mass destruction and violence and andghter of innocents, neither case do we note motive. the irony is, we are so quick to call boston terror, why are we not calling the man with a high- capacity assault weapon and a high-capacity magazine, why are we not calling him a terrorist? >> i don't know the answer to that question. host: bill braniff, do you have a response to that exchange? ofst: the definition terror
center claire mccaskill from missouri pose that question to homeland security secretary janet napolitano. >> based on the evidence at this point, is there any difference between sandy hook and boston, other than the choice of weapons? in terms of intent for death and destruction and injury, no. methodology, guess. we don't know the motivation certainly behind boston. we don't know whether was domestic, international -- >> or if it was identical to the motivation in sandy hook....
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napolitano. have ancy has failed to simple standard for measuring border security, a project the department of homeland security started in 2010, but apparently has not worked up much of a sweat. unfortunately, one of your people testify to the house, said that mr. burke rc -- he -- that it will be a tool for the measurement you are suggesting. there was a very scathing report about the failure of establishing metrics. do you intend to come forth in a farmer transparent manner -- far more unsparing manner with a border security index? manner with at border index? >> there are so many ways to measure the border. the definition did not encompass all of the ways you could look at the border. -- is a let's look at border a safe and secure area? it, thatou got into is a much more difficult question to answer than it is to ask. there are a whole host of statistics. a whole host of statistics on a baseball player. you have to look at the picture and see what that trend lines are and the like. we have to
napolitano. have ancy has failed to simple standard for measuring border security, a project the department of homeland security started in 2010, but apparently has not worked up much of a sweat. unfortunately, one of your people testify to the house, said that mr. burke rc -- he -- that it will be a tool for the measurement you are suggesting. there was a very scathing report about the failure of establishing metrics. do you intend to come forth in a farmer transparent manner -- far more...
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lvia matthews burwell -- secretary napolitano, again, thank you, and f.b.i. director muller, yesterday for joining us last evening and for classified briefing in the capitol. on boston, the tragedy. we want to welcome you here today as our secretary led the department, i think, since 2009, and starting her second term. we're glad you came here for a second hitch. given the recent bombings in boston, we appreciate your efforts. times you lead. we also want to offer you any time if you want to take any, if there are any updates you want to provide for the ongoing efforts in boston. and you're now recognized to do that and for your statement. thank you. welcome. >> thank you, chairman carper and ranking member coburn, members of the committee. for the opportunity to discuss the president's fiscal year 2014 budget request for the department of homeland security. before i begin, as the chairman acknowledged, i would like to say a few words about the attack in boston. our thoughts and our prayers remain with the victims and their families and with the city of bosto
lvia matthews burwell -- secretary napolitano, again, thank you, and f.b.i. director muller, yesterday for joining us last evening and for classified briefing in the capitol. on boston, the tragedy. we want to welcome you here today as our secretary led the department, i think, since 2009, and starting her second term. we're glad you came here for a second hitch. given the recent bombings in boston, we appreciate your efforts. times you lead. we also want to offer you any time if you want to...
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we are arranging another day for secretary napolitano. i think the two witnesses who came here to rearrange their schedules on short notice. appreciate it. it is what makes the committee work. i would also note for the record that as you go back over your notes on what to do and to any of your answers, i will keep the record open for that. we're not playing a game of -- we are just trying to have thes. i thank both parties for being here. we stand in recess until the call the chair. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ofon your screen a picture dzhokhar tsarnaev, still at large after police and fbi investigations in the area of watertown, a suburb of boston. the lock down request has been lifted by authorities, and governor deval patrick announced public transportation is ronnie. police say the suspect is still in the state because of his ties to the area and we will continue to bring updates and briefings as they become available on the c-span networks. up with
we are arranging another day for secretary napolitano. i think the two witnesses who came here to rearrange their schedules on short notice. appreciate it. it is what makes the committee work. i would also note for the record that as you go back over your notes on what to do and to any of your answers, i will keep the record open for that. we're not playing a game of -- we are just trying to have thes. i thank both parties for being here. we stand in recess until the call the chair. [captions...
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amnesty for the promise of enforcement and the promise of enforcement is that janet napolitano is to produce a -- within five years a plan to get 90% operational control of the critical sectors of the border that she designates. and that 90% of those that we see, of course, because you can't count those that you can't see. so they want to be able to catch 90% of those you can see. we don't know if they'll turn their eyes the other way. here's what i know, we'll never see the enforcement side of this. it's amnesty first. promise of enforcement second. that has never worked. if they were serious they would go to work and secure the border, shut off the jobs magnet, restore the respect for the rule of law. we would know in this country if there was respect for the rule of law restored. and at that point i'm ready to sit down and talk. i'm ready to have that conversation. but absent the re-establishment of the rule of law, and that means border control, serious border control, we got the resources to do it, mr. speaker. it's not that we don't have. we're spending over $6 million a mile o
amnesty for the promise of enforcement and the promise of enforcement is that janet napolitano is to produce a -- within five years a plan to get 90% operational control of the critical sectors of the border that she designates. and that 90% of those that we see, of course, because you can't count those that you can't see. so they want to be able to catch 90% of those you can see. we don't know if they'll turn their eyes the other way. here's what i know, we'll never see the enforcement side of...
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janet napolitano declares we have fewer interdictions on the border, therefore it proves we have fewer border crosses. it doesn't prove that. f you want fewer interdictions, just slow down enforcement. i do believe there are fewer crossings because of the economic condition. ut we need to look at drug interdictions, or look at how many people die in the desert coming across in arizona. that will give you data on what kind of border crossings we have. the question of granting people a path to citizenship and they argue, mr. speaker, that somehow this is not a path to citizenship when it's a path to a green card. the argument that a green card is not a path to citizenship. if a green card is not a path to citizenship there is no path to citizenship here in the united states but we know that it is. a green card is a path to citizenship and a path to a green card is just a little bit longer a path, a path to citizenship. the american people understand that, it's not a mystery. some of the proposals are also, well, on this exchange, instantaneously, this is a proposal coming out of the sena
janet napolitano declares we have fewer interdictions on the border, therefore it proves we have fewer border crosses. it doesn't prove that. f you want fewer interdictions, just slow down enforcement. i do believe there are fewer crossings because of the economic condition. ut we need to look at drug interdictions, or look at how many people die in the desert coming across in arizona. that will give you data on what kind of border crossings we have. the question of granting people a path to...
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forre arranging another day secretary napolitano. i thank the other two witnesses who reject -- who rearranged their schedules on very short notice. it makes the committee work. i would also note, for the record, as you go back over your notes, if you want to add to any one of your answers come of course, i will keep record open for that. getre not playing a game of you. we just want to have the best possible record. iwant to thank both of -- want to thank members of both parties for being here. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> we will hear more next week about the immigration debate and propose legislation from the gang of eight. reviewed thiswas week. the senate judiciary committee chaired by senator hetrick leahy will hold its second hearing on the proposal live monday at 10 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the museum is meant to help a visitor relive the first eight years of the 21st century. the museum explains the decision-making process that i we
forre arranging another day secretary napolitano. i thank the other two witnesses who reject -- who rearranged their schedules on very short notice. it makes the committee work. i would also note, for the record, as you go back over your notes, if you want to add to any one of your answers come of course, i will keep record open for that. getre not playing a game of you. we just want to have the best possible record. iwant to thank both of -- want to thank members of both parties for being...
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security secretary janet napolitano testified for an immigration bill by a bipartisan group of senators known as the beginning of a. she was before the committee for two and a half hours. >> good morning, everybody. i know we're on a tight schedule. the secretary has to testify later today for appropriations. i want to commend you for working so hard on the coordinated national security effort in boston. the middle of the night, early morning briefings on what has happened and the way your department, local and state police, the fbi work together is a model for the rest of the world and how quickly everybody was able to move. the patriot day bombing and the successful capture of the remaining suspect is why you were not here that day. i well understood what your schedule look like and it was time for you to be in the command post. a number of concerns were not part of the effort for comprehensive immigration reform. we return to testify about the ability of this. you had been here in february to testify about this effort. you said you were willing to come back. it is a testament to refo
security secretary janet napolitano testified for an immigration bill by a bipartisan group of senators known as the beginning of a. she was before the committee for two and a half hours. >> good morning, everybody. i know we're on a tight schedule. the secretary has to testify later today for appropriations. i want to commend you for working so hard on the coordinated national security effort in boston. the middle of the night, early morning briefings on what has happened and the way...
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now, if janet napolitano says, steve king, i've got $8.25 million for you this year and i want you to achieve more efficiency and security along your west mile than we've had before, would i hire a group of border patrol agents to stand there and buy humvees and put on uniforms and buy their arms and set up the health care plan and the retirement plan and take that perpetual liability for the balance of their lives for the purpose of guarding that mile? some of it i would, mr. speaker. some of it i would. some of it i would put an infrastructure in place. i would build a fence or wall across the areas where people are crossing and i have no advocated we build 2,000 miles of fence on our southern border but i have consistently advocate it that we build it until -- keep extending our fence at the most illegally crossed places until such time as they stop going around the end. and if it happens, they don't stop going around the end, then ultimately we would end up of 2,000, a fence, wall and a fence on the southern border. if it gets too expensive or too difficult, no, mr. speaker, it's
now, if janet napolitano says, steve king, i've got $8.25 million for you this year and i want you to achieve more efficiency and security along your west mile than we've had before, would i hire a group of border patrol agents to stand there and buy humvees and put on uniforms and buy their arms and set up the health care plan and the retirement plan and take that perpetual liability for the balance of their lives for the purpose of guarding that mile? some of it i would, mr. speaker. some of...
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today, homeland security secretary janet napolitano .estified on immigration policy it is the committee's third hearing on immigration since the senate so-called gang of eight released their proposed legislation. live coverage starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern, here unseat and. -- here on c-span. "the closinghor of of the american border" from "washington journal" this is 30 minutes. host: the boston marathon bombing is also having an impact on the immigration debate in the u.s. and some are drawing parallels to the way the 9/11 attacks changed the immigration debate in 2001 and 2002. edward alden is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. ted, i want to talk about the front page of the washington times. your reaction to how the bombing is clinging to the immigration debate? guest: we have heard quite a lot about it in the last couple days as more details have come out about the two men behind this. i don't expect it to have a significant impact. when you start to delve into what happened in the case -- and details are still coming out -- it does not appear to be directly related
today, homeland security secretary janet napolitano .estified on immigration policy it is the committee's third hearing on immigration since the senate so-called gang of eight released their proposed legislation. live coverage starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern, here unseat and. -- here on c-span. "the closinghor of of the american border" from "washington journal" this is 30 minutes. host: the boston marathon bombing is also having an impact on the immigration debate in the u.s....
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it's on secretary napolitano's desk right now. >> right. >> i think it's only right that the coast guard take point on this in order to start a strategy that can build into a national strategy. and a deepwater port is a part of that. we recognize it. it's difficult for us to have to go all the way to dutch harbor to refuel our ships. we would clearly prefer to have something closer to where the action is going to be. in terms of port clearance, that's a new issue for me. the specific issue. i'm aware of the broader structure of divesting ourselves of all of the sea property that we have throughout alaska and other places. >> these are one of those. >> we'll commit to meeting with your constituents. >> fantastic. >> clearly i think there are mutual things that i think we need to talk about because we don't know what our long-range plans on the ter restial side are either. >> thank you. i want to end on this. if we can do anything we can help, we'll be happy to participate. i think they clearly understand that there is an obligation to the coast guard to make sure what your long-term -- an
it's on secretary napolitano's desk right now. >> right. >> i think it's only right that the coast guard take point on this in order to start a strategy that can build into a national strategy. and a deepwater port is a part of that. we recognize it. it's difficult for us to have to go all the way to dutch harbor to refuel our ships. we would clearly prefer to have something closer to where the action is going to be. in terms of port clearance, that's a new issue for me. the...
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just wanted to at the outset thank you very much, secretary napolitano, d.h.s. has a complicated, difficult, broad-ranging mission and that's just one department. it's responsible for a vast array of important goals at the same time and i'm grateful for your doing your very best and for everyone in the department doing your very best, particularly at this time when we opened this hearing with reflections on the tragedies in boston and in west texas. we're reminded of how grateful we are for everyone in law enforcement and public safety who helps protect us. i'm from the midatlantic region with many ports and with the significant allocation of additional resources under this bill to the southwest border, what assurance can you give us that crehence -- comprehensive immigration reform won't further degrade c.b.p.'s ability to perform its customs inspection mission at some of our vital ports around the country? >> i think it's important, and as i review the bill and the intent behind the bill, it is to make sure that the additional activities are paid for through f
just wanted to at the outset thank you very much, secretary napolitano, d.h.s. has a complicated, difficult, broad-ranging mission and that's just one department. it's responsible for a vast array of important goals at the same time and i'm grateful for your doing your very best and for everyone in the department doing your very best, particularly at this time when we opened this hearing with reflections on the tragedies in boston and in west texas. we're reminded of how grateful we are for...
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you have secretary napolitano, director of f.b.i., you have the head of -- director of the n.s.a., alexander, and all three have said, they said one of the biggest fears they have now are these attacks and that unless we have a sharing opportunity between government and between business they feel they cannot protect our country from these cyberattacks the way we should. it's important we act now on this bill. now, we can pass bills in the house all day long, but if the senate doesn't pass a bill and the president doesn't sign it, where are we? we were able to pass our bill last year in a bipartisan manner, and yet our bill went to the senate and it stalled. the bill didn't go anywhere. so chairman rogers and i started again, but what we said to each other and we discussed was that we need to address the issue of privacy because even though we felt strongly that our bill does protect privacy, we knew there was -- there were groups out there, especially the privacy groups, felt there was not enough protection in our bill. we rolled up our sleeves. we listened to the issues raised by the privac
you have secretary napolitano, director of f.b.i., you have the head of -- director of the n.s.a., alexander, and all three have said, they said one of the biggest fears they have now are these attacks and that unless we have a sharing opportunity between government and between business they feel they cannot protect our country from these cyberattacks the way we should. it's important we act now on this bill. now, we can pass bills in the house all day long, but if the senate doesn't pass a...
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. >> the homeland's security secretary, janet napolitano, discussed the boston marathon bombings. in this clip, she was asked to draw a comparison to the sandy hook shootings. i'm a former prosecutor. i have got a question that is -- i cannot keep it from coming out. based on the evidence at this point, is there any difference between sandy hook and boston other than the choice of weapon? >> well, from a -- in terms of intent or death and instruction and injury, no. methodology, yes. we do not know the motivation behind boston. we do not know whether it was domestic or international. >> or if it was identical to the motivation and sandy hook. >> we do not know the answer to the question. i think that it is impossible for me to sit at the table today and say that they are identical except in affect and impact. >> as i look at the evidence available, you have massive destruction and violence and slaughter of innocents. in neither case do we know the motive. the irony is we are quick to call boston "terror." why are we not calling the man with the high-capacity assault weapon and hig
. >> the homeland's security secretary, janet napolitano, discussed the boston marathon bombings. in this clip, she was asked to draw a comparison to the sandy hook shootings. i'm a former prosecutor. i have got a question that is -- i cannot keep it from coming out. based on the evidence at this point, is there any difference between sandy hook and boston other than the choice of weapon? >> well, from a -- in terms of intent or death and instruction and injury, no. methodology,...
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director muller, attorney general holder, secretary napolitano, and my counterterrorism and homeland security advisor, lisa monaco, on the attacks in boston. we continue to mobilize and deploy all appropriate law enforcement resources to protect our citizens and investigate and to respond to this attack. obviously our first thoughts this morning are with the victims. their families and the city of boston. explosionst two gravely wounded dozens of americans and took the lives of others, including a 8-year-old boy. this was a heinous and cowardly act and given what we now know about what took place, the f.b.i.'s investigating it as an act of terrorism. any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror. what we don't yet know, however, is who carried out this attack or why, whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or was the act of a malevolent individual. that's what we don't yet know. and clearly we're at the beginning of our investigation. it will take time to follow every lead and determine what happened. but we
director muller, attorney general holder, secretary napolitano, and my counterterrorism and homeland security advisor, lisa monaco, on the attacks in boston. we continue to mobilize and deploy all appropriate law enforcement resources to protect our citizens and investigate and to respond to this attack. obviously our first thoughts this morning are with the victims. their families and the city of boston. explosionst two gravely wounded dozens of americans and took the lives of others,...